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Friday, February 21, 2014

10th Anniversary: No Safe Place (not even at Nashotah House)

From time to time I have written
series during the ten years of this blog.One was “No Safe Place” begun in October 2006.In said series, I contended there was no safe place for the
orthodox in The Episcopal Church and likeminded mainline denominations.

I had no idea how timely
the commencement of that series would become.October 2006 was an especially trying month for orthodox in
The Episcopal Church. (Yes, that is saying something.)In response to events, I made a number
of posts in that new series that very month.

Events in the Diocese of
Dallas were particularly disturbing that October.In response, I pointed out . . .

Relying on an orthodox bishop (or presbytery or the
like) in a liberal denomination is a thin reed to lean on. That bishop won’t be
bishop forever. And even while he is bishop, there’s usually no guarantee he
won’t blink when the time comes to lead . . .

An orthodox diocese or
parish in an apostate denomination is indeed one weak decision or one weak or
unfaithful leader away from capitulation to the dominant apostasy.

Sadly, the same could be
said for an orthodox seminary.Most readers are well aware that TEC Presiding “Bishop” Katharine Schori
has been invited to preach at Nashotah House of all places.I confess I have not followed doings at
Nashotah House closely, but I thought it a bulwark of orthodox
Anglicanism.No more, apparently.

The previous Dean of
Nashotah House, Robert Munday, has posted what has led to this point.Do go read; for what he describes is a
textbook example of a liberal takeover of an orthodox institution.Munday was pushed out by Bishop Salmon
and allies.And Bishop Salmon
almost immediately began pushing the seminary closer to Episcopalian
apostates.The invitation to
Schori is a crowning jewel of that push.

Again it only takes one
bishop, dean, or rector to lose an orthodox place to the dominant apostasy of a
denomination like The Episcopal Church.

This is one reason Munday
asserts, “You can have orthodoxy or you can have the Episcopal Church, but you
can't have both.”

4 comments:

Ummm, jumping to conclusions a bit soon aren't we? Bishop Salmon has been dean of Nashotah for several years and if the plan was for him to lead a liberal take over of Nashotah, it would have taken place long ago. Also, if you think Bishop Salmon is progressive liberal like KJS you are simply mistaken. He is not. I suggest you watch Kevin Kallsen's interview of Bishop Salmon for his explanation. Besides, she has not even preached yet and everybody is already predicting the demise of Nashotah. Insulting, very insulting to Nashotah House.